Social Development in Uruguay 156 indicators covering social development for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 540 2025 up 771.0% 124th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 766.7% 123rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 488.6% 142nd Political Rights Score 40 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom Score 97 2025 down 1.0% 6th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 27,288 2025 up 39,447.8% 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0081 units per person 2025 up 39,253.0% 8th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 26,627.5% 32nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -45.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 195.3% 153rd Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -11.48 % change on previous year 2025 down 132.5% 108th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.604 2025 down 27.2% 102nd Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.977 2025 up 3.2% 12th Political Corruption Index 0.055 2025 up 31.0% 157th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.055 2025 up 31.0% 157th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.78 2024 down 9.8% 89th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0047 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3,618.2% 142nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.1381 units per square kilometre 2023 up 63,513.2% 36th LGBT+ Rights Index 10.88 2019 up 38.1% 6th Forcibly displaced people 51,316 2025 up 14,115.0% 100th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 — 1st Age of electoral democracy 42 years 2025 up 31.2% 53rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 76 2024 up 4.1% 13th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.84 2024 down 15.4% 90th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.3 2024 down 15.8% 70th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5085 2024 down 11.0% 112th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0345 2024 down 18.9% 19th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.63 2025 up 1.4% 30th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.63 2025 up 1.4% 30th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 34.0% 2024 up 7.5% 119th Homicide rate 11.25 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 44.7% 33rd Homicides 381 homicides 2023 up 46.5% 65th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 11.25 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 44.7% 33rd Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 11.25 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 44.7% 33rd Age of electoral democracy 41 years 2025 up 32.3% 35th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.3207 2020 down 59.4% 39th Homicides 403 deaths 2022 up 80.7% 27th Child homicide rate 4.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 40.3% 12th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.2488 2020 down 83.4% 49th Homicide rate 11.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 74.7% 16th Homicide rate by age of the victim 11.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 74.7% 16th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 — 1st Homicides 315.13 deaths 2021 up 58.9% 97th Homicide rate 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 55.9% 48th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 9.2 2021 up 55.5% 47th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 443,000 2030 down 18.9% 115th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 4.95 2030 down 11.3% 95th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →